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John 5 on Mötley Crüe, the NFL Draft, and the Telecaster that started it all

Guitar World· 873K subscribers

7d ago · en-US audio

John 5 is one of those guitarists who prefers to do interviews with a guitar in his lap, illustrating his answers while casually playing some of the most mind-blowing technique you'll see and hear. We caught up with him in Bristol, UK, for a conversation that moves from his country influences, to discovering the Telecaster, and the night his KISS made him cry. "Last night I didn't sleep at all," he says. "This is…

7.2×Score at discovery
114.1KViews
15.6KMedian · 42 videos

Outlier score

This score was measured on Fri, 06 Nov 2026 19:33:53 GMT. Current view counts may differ.

113K views ÷ a 15.6K baseline = 7.2×. Compared with 42 earlier videos from the same channel, matching the format recorded at scoring time. Older-upload baseline: reference videos had at least as long to gain views. This comparison is not age-matched.

YouTube snapshot: Sat, 07 Nov 2026 00:56:03 GMT. Counters may have changed.

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Channel-balanced percentile: 71

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61 videos from 37 other channels, with each channel weighted equally. Same format and language, with 100,000–999,999 subscribers. Observed at 175 hours after publication, within ±35 hours.

The comparison uses this broader topic because the specific niche has too few examples. This describes the collected sample, not all of YouTube. Updated Sat, 07 Nov 2026 01:42:08 GMT.

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